II. Pathophysiology
- Serum Chloride 1 meq/L drop: 1% all body Chloride fall
III. Causes
- Metabolic Alkalosis
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Hyponatremia
- Adrenal Insufficiency (Addison's Disease)
- Edematous States
- Salt-losing nephritis
- SIADH
- Renal Failure
- Pseudohyponatremia
- Excessive sweating
- Excessive IV D5W
- Thiazide Diuretics
- Burns
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| Definition (CSP) | abnormally low level of chloride in the blood. |
| Concepts | Disease or Syndrome (T047) |
| ICD10 | E87.8 |
| SnomedCT | 10399008 |
| English | HYPOCHLORAEMIA, HYPOCHLOREMIA, hypochloremia (diagnosis), hypochloremia, Hypochloremia (disorder), Hypochloremia, Hypochloraemia |
| Italian | Ipocloremia |
| Spanish | Hipocloremia, HIPOCLOREMIA, hipocloremia (trastorno), hipocloremia, Hipocloridemia |
| Japanese | 低クロール血症, ﾃｲｸﾛｰﾙｹｯｼｮｳ, ﾃｲｸﾛｰﾙｹﾂｼｮｳ |
| Portuguese | HIPOCLOREMIA, Hipocloremia |
| German | HYPOCHLORAEMIE, Hypochloraemie |
| French | HYPOCHLOREMIE, Hypochlorémie |
| Czech | Hypochloremie |
| Hungarian | Hypochloraemia |
| Dutch | hypochlooremie |
